Interim People (HR) Business Partner - North

As the People Business Partner for our northern region, you will partner our Operations Director, Territory Managers and the wider regional team to provide the best generalist HR support to drive and deliver our overall people plan and business strategy. You’ll support development and implementation of people management practice sharing responsibility for the delivery of goals and targets. Our northern region covers c.120 restaurants between Norwich to Birmingham, Liverpool to Inverness, so you will need to live within the region. The role is field based and requires travel, including meetings in London. Please note, this is an interim role of around 3 months.

Responsibilities:

• Building a strong and productive partnership with the Territory Managers and their operations team, to ensure all people initiatives are laser focused
• Acting as the dedicated single point of contact for the senior operations team for all people related issues on a consultancy basis
• Creator and guardian of the Regional People Plan, ensuring management succession plans are identified and implemented to deliver all people KPIs
• Acting as a conduit between central people expert functions and operations, to ensure initiatives are identified and resolutions achieved
• Acting as a performance improvement driver and provoking positive changes in people management
• Coaching and guidance – supporting the company’s duty of care and welfare concerns
• Identifying appropriate solutions for issues that impact on individual or team performance
• Coaching line managers in the development of their individual leadership skills and style, providing robust and timely feedback where appropriate
• Working alongside the Recruitment and Talent Team to identify and recruit the best talent
• Learning and Development – delivering training workshops at regional meetings to improve capability, awareness, and performance
• Benefits and Reward – supporting and providing guidance to ensure the integrity of the bonus scheme, appraisal process and pay review cycle

What you’ll need:

• Strong experience in a similar People Business Partner role, working with senior level stakeholders, in a multi-site estate
• Experience/knowledge of UK employment law
• Strong generalist knowledge of HR – experience in multi-site hospitality or retail sector would be desirable
• Ability to influence and challenge senior management
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding
• Excellent coaching, facilitation, and presentation skills
• Strong team ethic, promoting shared values with ability to get the best out of others
• Resilient and proactive in taking the first steps to address potential obstacles and opportunities
• A full driving license would be advantageous

Benefits:

• Car allowance
• BUPA private health
• 6% pension contribution
• 50% off in PizzaExpress restaurants
• Monthly pizza, peroni and prosecco socials
• High street and lifestyle discount portal
• Mental Health First Aiders across the business, and access to an Employee Assistance Programme, providing health, finance and wellbeing advice

If you're already part of our PizzaExpress or Milano team, please get the sponsorship of your line manager before you apply.

Who We Are:

Where those who love pizza can be their true self. We’ve been around since 1965, bringing pizza to the UK and have since grown to a multichannel, international brand. Our people are at the heart of our success and everything we do, we believe you should always be able to express yourself. Our values and culture are made up of three key parts: use your head, show your heart and create a home. For us, this shows up as:

• Head - were customer centric, commercially driven and obsessed by performance in all we do
• Heart - we show our heart, are honest and vulnerable with our teams and lead everything through our people
• Home - we create a home, where everyone has a place at our marble table and you can truly express yourself everyday

Inclusivity and respect are at the heart of our business and are valued by our teams, customers, and suppliers. PizzaExpress and Milano is a place where everyone is welcome, and everyone belongs. That’s why we assess each application on the aptitude to do the job and nothing else.